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Angle of Bed Sides While most no-till methods create relatively flat beds, permaculture expert Sepp Holzer advocates for a 45-degree (or steeper) angle on huegelkultur beds. Huegelkultur differs from previously popularized no-till bed-building techniques...

Spring will give way to summer, which will blossom into autumn and eventually return to winter. Temperatures plummeted to nigh-unbearable levels across the U.S., thanks to the much-discussed polar vortex that moved through over a two-day span, shattering...

Higher potencies sometimes trigger “aggravations,” when it seems like the patient is getting worse instead of better. Dr. Hahnemann boiled the bark into tea and drank it for several days.

When used in indoor arrangements, keep winterberries out of the reach of curious pets.Proper planning keeps winterberries safely away from humans and pets that could be harmed. Teach children never to eat fruit from the winterberries in your garden or...

We're always thinking of ways to better our gardens or brainstorming new recipes to try out in the kitchen, and unlike other daydreams—I'm looking at you, Three Arms—we have the power to make them come true.

Growing a plant yourself will be the only way to get to try this out, as everything on the market right now is in pill or powder form. Sometimes it's a new use of a well-known plant.

While the leaf-footed bug family is composed of several closely related species, these insect pests all use their piercing sucking mouthparts to feed on our favorite foods, like tomatoes , a range of vegetables, nut crops, and several fruit species.

Test your soil first by walking on it or patting it in several locations. Determining if soil is frozen can make all the difference.How do you know if the ground is frozen solid? Keep reading to find out how to tell if ground is frozen or not.Although...

The lower portion of the stem may become slimy and black. With a little TLC seed treatment, damping off will be a thing of the past. The otherwise healthy looking seedling will discolor or wilt suddenly, or simply collapse and die.Other signs of damping...

They do this in order to reduce the amount of organic materials that is going to landfills. Just make sure that the compost you apply to your gardens is safe.International Association of Certified Home Inspectors

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Therefore, I don't need to buy laurel very often. Nevertheless, we made fun of the situation, by foretelling that even our children's children would never have to buy laurel dry leaves again! And this was practically fulfilled, since now after twenty...

It is not native to Asia, and is closely related to the lily. Lucky bamboo is not, in fact, related to true bamboo plants. This high-humidity houseplant can grow to heights of nearly five feet.Dracaena sanderiana is considered non-toxic to humans.The...

Almost every time a species has been wiped out in large numbers, it grew in exclusive stands, such as the American chestnut tree (Castanea dentata, U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 8), largely eliminated by a host-specific...

Instead of leaving a garden fallow an entire year, seasonal spring and fall crops are alternated. For instance, soybeans (Glycine max) leave nitrates in the soil while corn (Zea mays) absorbs nitrates.

The wood has a high silica content, which tends to blunt cutting tools more than might be expected of so soft a species. On the Janka scale, a standard measure of wood hardness, Okoume's rating is only 380.

You might have read about our new chickens in a previous post . When we informed our neighbors about our new family members, we kindly mentioned that they shouldn't worry about noise because “there will be no roosters.” So now we are trying desperately...

I didn't like a wide variety of foods, from cottage cheese and pickles to cantaloupe and basically every vegetable under the sun. —Robert South (By this point, it's doubtful that I'll ever come around to beets, fennel or especially coconuts.) I've come...

They are not friendly to the touch, however, as they have sharp thorns. Still, some plants are less attractive to deer than others. The plants take severe pruning very well and should be pruned back in the fall to maintain their shape and remove dead...

It is unlikely there will be a noticeable difference in the health of a plant grown at pH 6.5 compared to one grown at 6.7. There is no need to expend a lot of effort in closely regulating pH.

Keep this in mind as you work your garden. Ideally, cover crops will be cut at the soil level in the spring, about a month before planting, and then incorporated into the soil either through tilling or by using a digging fork.

(Check with your local utility company and the Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Energ y to see if your project qualifies.) There are DIY options for spray foam, but we opted to get recommendations and quotes from local service providers...

After determining that the chicks have arrived safely, inspecting for pasty butt, and introducing them to heat, water and feed, the question we ask (as the immediacy wanes) is, “OK, which one's which?” I'm not sure why we're so intent on identifying...

Once sugar crystals form, liquid/solid mix is spun to separate the two. The stalk contains the juice used to make sugar and is broken up in segments called joints. If the top part of the sugar cane is cut but the roots remain intact, the plant will regrow...

After planting vinca in well-drained, slightly acidic soil, it can withstand droughts and prefers to remain fairly dry.You needn't deadhead vinca flowers because they drop off on their own and remain tidy without your help.

The liquid is then separated from the solid and packaged as ghee.Vegetable ghee is a vegetarian alternative to this product. This product is sometimes known as vanaspati or clarified butter.Traditional ghee is a creamy spread produced by boiling butter...

Larger plots are more beneficial, as they assure an adequate supply for the deer despite the fact that the grain is also consumed by other wild animals such as bears, raccoons and crows.